PODS @PODS_OpenLab
PODS is a patient-centered discharge summary designed with patients, caregivers, and medical professionals. Follow us to learn how you can implement PODS! pods-toolkit.uhnopenlab.ca Toronto, Ontario Joined January 2019-
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Unmet Needs of Family Caregivers of Hospitalized Older Adults Preparing for Discharge Home Jane Mccusker "This study indicates that hospital discharge requires more consideration of the needs of the family caregiver. " pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30079741/
Today we're excited to unveil a new initiative from the University Health Network, The NORC Innovation Centre at @UHN!
Our mission is to support a 21st century model of integrated care in naturally-occurring retirement communities (NORCs) across Canada, and to develop health, social, and technology solutions that support healthy aging. Visit our website to learn more: norcinnovationcentre.ca
OpenRounds is coming back better than ever! Next week on September 6th at 12PM our virtual OpenRounds will be returning with a new schedule: twice a month on the first and third Tuesday. Be sure to join us to hear more about our work and to meet the team! uhnopenlab.ca/open-rounds/
Join us on May 24 for a special presentation by Dr. Cynthia Cranford, professor and author of "Home Care Fault Lines: Understanding Tensions and Creating Alliances," during our OpenRounds. Join us: uhnopenlab.ca/open-rounds/
It’s Patient Experience Week #PXWeek but the @PODS_OpenLab team obsessives about patients and caregivers every day. Here is a look at what we have been up to in service of continuous improvement and safety for all patients and caregivers. Go deeper here: pods-toolkit.uhnopenlab.ca
Medication info is an important part of transition plans. Involve patients and families to create their med plans and provide clear and consistent info. Read more about the tools created here: pods-toolkit.uhnopenlab.ca/home/pods-in-p… @PODS_OpenLab @pharmacist_lisa
Medication info is an important part of transition plans. Involve patients and families to create their med plans and provide clear and consistent info. Read more about the tools created here: pods-toolkit.uhnopenlab.ca/home/pods-in-p… @PODS_OpenLab @pharmacist_lisa
Transitions in care are an important time to have #PatientSafety as a focus. Participate in the discussion about safety 👇
Transitions in care are an important time to have #PatientSafety as a focus. Participate in the discussion about safety 👇
It’s Canadian Patient Safety Week This year’s theme-Who knows? #EssentialCarePartners do. A critical element of #PODS is including caregivers in care transitions for #patientsafety.pods-toolkit.uhnopenlab.ca #CPSW2021 @HE_ES_Canada @UHNOpenLab What does #patientsafety mean to you?
Sharing info about a wonderful project led by med students looking to talk to caregivers to learn more about their experience and ultimately change culture. #familycentredcare. Contact [email protected] or [email protected] More info in the poster
In September 2016, we called on hospitals from across Ontario to join us in implementing a patient oriented discharge summary (below). 21 hospitals did, and 42k patients and 4+ years later, the results are in. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
Come hear all about the what, how and whys of patient and family partnered care at hospital discharge at #SGIM21 3:30pm during Innovations in HealthCare delivery @HahnGoldberg @DrValRac @taimhuynh @chaim_bell + many more
Happy to share the results of our provincial implementation of @PODS_OpenLab @UHNOpenLab. Thanks to great teamwork and excellent QI teams across many Ontario hospitals. Thankful for support of #ARTIC #CAHO #HQO
Happy to share the results of our provincial implementation of @PODS_OpenLab @UHNOpenLab. Thanks to great teamwork and excellent QI teams across many Ontario hospitals. Thankful for support of #ARTIC #CAHO #HQO
We are excited to announce our latest report, Vertical Aging: The Future of Aging in Place in Urban Canada. This report is a series of design solutions that re-imagine aging in place for seniors in a tech-enabled future. verticalaging.ca
Read all about how @SJCG_ThunderBay is using #PODS in the latest edition of hospital news @OntHospitalAssn involving patients and family in transitions in care is as important as ever @UHNOpenLab oha.com/news/st-joseph…
@DrJWasserman @OttawaHospital @MyPathReport @redsnapperpath @egoebs @zuziagorski1 @KaravelicMD @SPeters1104 @staceybz_ @TCOrobin @VBrochu @Rosemarie_LeMay @pberardi @Path_Matt @KBaranoma @AntheaJean @vita_pathologia Based on the patient feedback you received, if you think a "My Radiotherapy Plan" spin off would be welcomed, I'd love to leverage existing web platforms, and collaborate with your team and mine (my team is pretty awesome, but you know this already ;)!
#IPFCC2020Virtual Education and follow up: improving discharge and post discharge care🎉 @seastarbatita @CFHI_FCASS @UHNOpenLab
PODS @UHNOpenLab and one of our project leads @HahnGoldberg is featured on this month's Health Literacy Out Loud podcast. Thank you @HelenOsborne! Listen to the episode on the HLOL website. healthliteracyoutloud.com/2020/05/01/pat… #healthliteracy

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